BOZEMAN - Senior forward Riley Nordgaard followed up a career-high 26 points on Thursday night with a 25-point performance to lift Montana State to an 83-76 win over Portland State Saturday afternoon in a Big Sky Conference women’s basketball game.

Nordgaard hit her first three 3-point attempts. She finished the first quarter with 13. The 5-10 forward helped Montana State (13-5 overall, 6-2 in Big Sky) to its 20th straight victory in Worthington Arena – the sixth longest streak in the nation.

It came before a season-high crowd of 2,284.

“We knew they were going to come out in a 2-3,” Nordgaard said. “We have a lot of talented three-point shooters, so we had confidence going in. I thought we had great ball movement and when I got an open look I said to myself ‘I’m shooting it up.’”

Portland State (10-9, 4-3) hit two 3’s to open the game and jump to an 8-2 lead, which would turn out to be their biggest of the game. The Cats fought back, thanks in large to Nordgaard’s first quarter outburst to take an 11-point lead midway through the second frame. The Vikings wouldn’t go away. PSU used an 11-0 run to tie the game with 2:10 left. MSU closed out the stanza on a Hannah Caudill triple to take a 36-32 advantage at intermission.

Three-point shooting was the story for the Cats. MSU made a season-best 13 from behind the arc, including four in the fourth quarter, all coming from different sources.

“Portland State is super talented and we obviously had our hands full,” said MSU head coach Tricia Binford. “I’m really proud of our ability to remain resilient and make the plays when we needed too.

“It was an amazing atmosphere and was super electric, especially when it went came down to the wire,” Binford added. “We want people to come and support the players for what they’re doing. They’re fun to watch and they play really hard.”

Peyton Ferris finished with 17 points for the Bobcats. Delany Junkermier scored 11, while Caudill matched a career high with 11 assists.